Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 12, Number 10, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 3 September 1881 — Page 1

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THE MAIL

,* A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.

SECOND EDITION. Town Talk.

A NEW DEAL.

The portly Secretary of State is at presnt busily engaged in the distribution hroughout the State of the acta of tho last egfslature. As soon as he reoelvos re eipts from all the county clerks the State for the acta, they will be deJared In force. Hearing that the new ws will seriously affect municipal corrations, T. T. has been endeavoring to liscover In what manner. It makes the jlice officer a State officer, but destroys i6 Mayor's court most effectually. No punishable by Htatute can bo tried in he Mayor's court, because the new law "oclsres that such act shall not be made pnlshable by any ordinance of any inrporated town or city, and the proseutlons shall be had under the State law nly. In looking over the cases now ried in the Mayor's court, T. T. observes (no which are not punishable under 9 law of the Itteto. This will almost ive tho Mayor without employment, io will airaost have a sinecuro. With othing to do but presido over Council lootings, attend council meetings, lend •is presence at a caucus occasionally or wt as chairman of the Police Board, ho will have littlfl else to do. The maglsratcH will have a good time of it, and nto whoso hands tho police force will brow the business, ho will find a bonanza. Under tho present system the 'witness fees rightly belonging to the pollco are appropriated by tho city. Un'or the new system tho policeman will

Iraw his witness fees as does any other witness. If the laws aro enforced as strictly undor the new rogimo as they aro under the old, Sheriff Stepp will oon And hisbastlle too small to acconv nodato his guests,whilo tho genial smile will disappear from tho countenance of Charley 1-lirzel, and his sturdy framo will waste to a shadow becauso tho pat rouage has left him, and the crowds which onco flocked under his ftpf and recorded their name* on his slate, shall ilocKuo raoro forevor, untn tho law is again changed aud Charley shall havo oeasod from his present labors. Seriously, though, T. T. has very grave doubts of the propriety of the present law. ^f/hilo It may ImvelHton intonded to promt peoplo from doublo prosecutions, may protect a much larger number Ifrom any prosecution at all. If fines aro levied without fear or favor, which is not always certain in magistrates' ©urts, and the culprits mado to "pay, tay, or go to jail," all will be well, but tho officers are not euoouragod In this nan nor to preserve order, they soon bo ime discouraged and lose their energy

T. earnestly hopes that In tho case of this city thOy will receive tho proper encouragement.

JtKAt, now,

Tho stntullsg Prohibition candidate or the Presidency has been here, made his speech, and departed for ether Holds litko many others, T. T. had a curiosity to see and bear the old veteran, so he walked up to Iowllng llall for that pur

KMSO, on Thursday evening. The audi once wsa not vory large, but the band 'layed with as much vigor aa though ita udtonce numbered thousands. The most encouraging feature of the meeting, to T.- T., was the fact that it was penei^by prayer by a member of the nowap*ier fraternity. When he arose "or that purpose, the youthful reporter ho sat by his side looked up In aiuaxement, and acted as though he ceuld raw I through a very small hole. It was great victory for the temperance folks, however, and when a sanctified press is on their aide, they can march right along to victory. General low Is not a man of commanding presence, bat he is a clear talker, and hasthe faculty of knowing when he has said enough, and to f^tbp there. He had a great deal to say of Intemperance in England,—in fact he dwelt so long on England that T. T. bejiflan to think lvc would nevut teach America, lie did, though. He made a Vound r**s the wwui and landed on the coanl of Maine, from which State he never departed ills statement hla aide itt the twe was clear and well-put, and his language such as to give offense to no one. He was very well received, which more than T. T. can say for one or two distinguished dttsens who kept crossing and recrosalng the stage at very short Intervals, to the disgust of every one in the house, and tba annoyance of the speaker. lxyt'Mrrs.

In the daily papers a few day* ago T. Y. observed a table of the number of inquests held Su Vigo county since the present coroner came into office. The list was a large one, and one which night have been cut down materially. It seems as thongh every persoa whe dicf oJhcr than a natural death must he "sat ujxm by the coroner.** In canes where foul play is suspected ihla is all Wy wail, or where a man is suspected

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of having died from injuries received through the negligence or carelessness of a'fellow workman or his employer, it is proper ths matter shonld be investigated. 13ut when deaths occur from drowning, or where there is nothing on earth to show that any one is to blame, except, perhaps the victim, it is only putting the oounty to a needless expense. Even in murder cases the evidence taken at a coroner's inquest is never called for, and even if it was, it is very doubtful if it wonld be in such shape as to be admissable. It is sbout time to call a halt in this matter. The county wants no more inquests than are absolutely necessary.

BOOK AOB!»TS.

As a book agent the male sex has never been a flattering success, but when "lovely woman" takes the field, men had better prepare to go down In their pockets. A man may start out to sell a valuable and interesting work, but let him talk even so persuasivly of its merits he has a very hard time in finding customers. Some men will absolutely refuse to look at it, others are too busy, while others still refer him to their wives. When a handsome young woman comes around, there is a transformation scene. The gruffness all disappears, and even the crusty old bachelor descends from his high horse and puts down his nsme, while young men detain her as long as possible before subscribing. T. T. had a look over one of these subscription books sometime ago and was very much surprised at tho array of names which met his vision. Men who never—that is, will very seldom subscribe for anything, had put down their names. Men who never read such books as the one subscribed for wrote their names as fluently as a writing teacher. There were there the names of doctors, lawyers merchants, railroaders, in fact, there seemed to have been few refusals. There was ono thing T. T. noticed particularly. There were no female subscribers. The hsndsome femalo book agent knows where her strength is and never goes near her sex. Neither does ths husband send her to his wife. It Is a case in which ho concludes he can msko his own purchases.

O Uli BREAK FASTI"A TiL E. A now department isintroduced in Tho Mall, this week, uuder the above head tng. it is tne nanos or- one'irrrosu pencil is sharp-pointed, and who goes about with eyes wide open and ears quick to catch the expressions of "people who talk." The sex of the writer may dovelop as the articlas progress, but at present wo leave the reader to guess. Considerable spaco is necessarily occupied, this woek, in introducing the characters, but tho reader will readily perceivo that this now featars will be lively, gossipy, and interesting.

A FKW nights ago, says the InterOcean, one of the merchant princes of of Chicago, busy with his money-mak ing, which kept him at his office until a late hour, was astounded to see his son, the pride of his palatial home, staggering from a saloon with company of roystering companions. His mind had been so continuously occupied with business, that this accident was a revelation which spoke volumos of his neglect of his family. Ho could only lift his bands and exclaim: "Oh, my boy, where have you been tonight

There area multitude of parents in this city who might well repeat that question. The dens of vice are very alluring, and unless you throw around the boys and girls your strong arms of love, before you are aware they may pass beyond your resell and be overwhelmed in that vortex which snatches as eagerly, and often as successfully, tho brightest and best of the most luxurious homes as from more humble abodes. Parents should know their children, and seek to gain their confidence. They should know whore and how they spend their evenings and leisure hours. They should knew the literature they peruse, and the character of their associates notspyingly, but by the kind, conside«*te means which,every parent shonld study, who has the care and guidance of children and yonng people. Stndy the happiness •f home, and the wants of the family, more, and money-making and fashion less, would be a good motto for a multitude of fathers and mothers.

IT is surprising the number of doctors ia the journalistic profession, who would never have been heard of had not the President been shot, That journal Is lacking In enterprise which has not upon its staff an editor who can criticise and give advice to the doctors in Washiagton.

IT looks like that "one chance" waa going to pull the President through.

SC8AX CA.*TT SEE ALL OF IT. Bandar Bxjma. The innocent and unsophisticated Susan Perkins, of The Mail, thinks It too awfully awful for any -use the way the young men of her acquaintance promenade with strange young ladie* on the hand concert nights. Susie Is evidently to fresh too talk about. She ought to have given the camp meeting around or two andgaaedon some of her friends out thera.

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Susan Perkins' Letter.

DKAR JOSEPHINE: I read carefully the newspaper cutting you enclosed me in your last letter, and I quite agree with all your remarks upon the subject. Of course it was not new to me—I refer to the extract, not to your discourse, my dear—as the papers have been full of the aflai^for the last three weeks but, as you say, if anyone can be saved from going the same road by taking warning from this, the story of poor Jennie Cramer cannot be told too often nor too plainly.

If mothers talked more plainly with their daughters about the dangers that surround them in their intercourse with men if more attention was paid to the manner in which the evenings sway from home are spent if new acquaintances were more closely iaquired into if the fact of a young man's belonging to a little higher social order were not so often taken as a sign of his infallibility if these things were not as they are, fewer cases like Jennie Cramer's would occur.

I heard, only yesterday, a married woman, the mother of grown-up and growing-up daughters, say: "I wish to goodness these papers that call themselves family papers, and are taken and read by all the members of the family, would leave out such stuff. It is positively low and contaminating, and there is no need for girls knowing anything about such wickedness. The less they know about men the better. I want my daughters to grow up ignorant of such things."

And I passed out of her front door in time to meet at the gate her oldest daughter and a young man—well known for his fondness for making ''mashes" and talking about them afterwards to his friends—talking and laughing over some story the latter had just finished and as I passed them, I heard her saying: "Well, I will tell Mame next time not to sit in a hammock with you on the ground near her, unless she is sure they are clean, as you are entirely too observing for any use!"

And this Innocent young girl pushed into place a pin just escaping from the lace at the neck of her dress, while her oompanlon watched the process with intiftfffltii. "Pii onii|tmant the view presehC&ftiy that low, turnedIn dress-nock. Then the young man began another story, and I passed out of hearing.

I sent you that clipping from Town Talk's article of last week, which sur-' prised mo so much. Since that time I havo been making some inquiries, and find out, to my no small wonderment, that he is telling not only no more than tho truth, hjlt really not all of it.

I find that what he hints at is the melancholy fact of the matter. There are a number of young girla here, of respectable families, (families not high in the soeial scale, but still honorable people, and proud of their respectability and the good name of their children) who go out walkjng together evening after evening, allow themselves to be introduced to young men on the street,—young men whose admiration of their good looks flatters their vanity, and whose social standing makos it an honor for tke girls to be seen with them,—and go with these young men to ice-cream saloons, to restaurants, and to beer gardens to drink boer and wine and laugh and talk and "flirt" to their hearts' content. Their parents are totally ignorant of their whereabouts, believing them implicitly when they say they have only been walking with some friends. By aud by, when trouble comes, and the good names of some of these girls are gone forever, and some mothers have left a life of regrets that they were so foolish, the papers will take up the matter again, and be criticised for spcakingof such things, and other girls will be allowed to grow up ignorant and innocent, (as if the two weresynonomous terms!) until another crash come* and more hearts break.

Why will people be sueh foe Is, Josephine? Is this year of comets and disasters a year for an increase of blindness, as well?

I wonder if this moralizing strain is due to my present unpresentable condition For days I have been a martyr to toothache and a swelled face, and my temper ia no doubt semewhat less sweet than ordinarily. After two days of pain and a night of sleepless floor-walk-ing, I determined to he brave, resort to heroic treatment, and—visit the dentist!

It required much pain and more reflection to "screw my courage to the •ticking point," as I never take "gas" or chloroform since I had the pleasure of witnessing the actions of a certain friend of mine a year ago. She took gas of some kind, and, in the midst of the performance, threw her arms around the neck of the bashful young man who who was tuggi ng away at her refractery molar, greatly to US dismay, and to my no small amusement, and waa only induced to remove th«m after some mo-, meats and much exertion. Fearful of consequences, have since refrained from giving up what control I have of my mind.

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TERRE HAUTE, IND., SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 3, 1881?

Dr. Hall, who almost takes away the pain of tooth-pulling by his graceful way of managing his dreadful little instrument and his interesting conversation, is but of town, so I hied me to a certUn office where is to be found a most Ikillingly handsome young member of the dental brotherhood—unfortunately ho is married—hoping that the sight of his lovely eyes would help me bear the pain. But, alas! when those shiny little instruments of torture appeared, all thoughts of his good looks, all desires for the early dceease of his wife, fled as mist before the sun, and by the time he was ready to pull, I felt an almost uncontrolable desire to escape by putting him to death, if that would relieve me and when the tooth came, with it came from my throat a shriek that would have exempted me from service in the Chinese army were I a Chinaman, and for the moment I hated all mankind, and dentists in particular.

I am better now, however, and hope by the time the swelling goes down to have abetter opinion of the opposite sex, especially as I am promised a buggy-ride as soon as it rains. I am not a malicebearing person, as you know, love, SQ I shall probably enjoy the ride immensely.

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Our Light Guards, over whom "you used to rave so much, are no more as a military organization. They got tired of such expensive playing at soldiery and asked to be musteredout so on last Friday they marched up to the Normal, school to the music of the Ringgold, were photographed in a body, marched back again to more soul-stirring strains, and were mustered out of.service. Now, nothing remains to them but their scars to remind them of the days of glory. What made the scars may be a question, but they who have them will always have reminders of those marks of gory combat. The McKeen Cadets remain, so those of us girls .who dote on uniform^' can feast our eyes en theirs-and wish the wearers just a Jittle older.

The Cadets are to drill soon in a prize drill near you, Josephine. If you can, go and see them. Notiee the tall handsome ibrgesnt' Ripley, and show me a better fboking fellow if you can.

Your own, SUSIE.

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wear braceletsVCLii'JAarms while bathing. Three Michigatirgirls made up a party and eloped with a young man. By going to three different ministers, he married all of his/companions and then they went on a tripartite bridal tour.

The "Va8sar girls are said to have anew utterly, utter softg, with a ringiag chorus, thusly: "Chew gum, chew gum with mo.

I wouldn't give a doru For any darn man Who wouldn't chew jjufti with me."

The Hebrews move.' "Hie Jewish Messenger comes out in favor of removing the women's gallery and. letting wives sit with their husbands in the Synagogue, and also for abolishing all restrictions upon their holding relig^ua offices. Probably such a suggestion would have astonished the patriarchs of old, but then the patriarchs had not progressed very far in the doctrine of Women's Rights.

A Detroit saleswoman, on*beingasked what was the hardest work she had to do, replied: "Standing on my feet and keeping my tomper." She says that men are much better customers to wait upon thin women—for the men always know before they go into the store what they want to buy, whereas the women, God bless 'em, waat to see half the store displayed to them before they make up their minds to buy ten cents' worth of ribbon.'

PROP. KINO,the Philadelphia aeronaut, has brought to public notice anew the theory thatatacertain height the atmosphere meves rapidly from westward to eastward, thus making a baloon trip to Europe possible. Next Wednesday he will rise in a monster balloon from Minneapolis and—well he will start for New York. He has written aa follows to the Minaeapolis Fair Association:

Unless the wind is of great force and prevents inflation, or the weather is very stormy, "The Great Northwest" will leave your grounds as prompt as an express train, and fly away on the grandest and most thrilling voyage ever attempted. I have every confidence that we shall reach New York in perfect safety, but just bow soon I cannot say. My groat regret ia that I cannot be one among the thousands of spectators to witness the leaving of the balloon. It will be a grand tight and one never to be forgotten, I imagine now I bear the wild snouts of the multitude as we sail away, the mane ef the band and the whistling of the winds. In a moment we sb-tHbave jumped Car beyond earth and its cares, and be whirling miles and miles upward and onward. Tbe greatest interest is belngmanifestad throughout tbe East regard our trip, aa It will prove tbeptaneer of aerial navigation.

Dwight L» Moody, tbe evangelist, ins talk to minister* at the Northfield convocation recently gave than the following ad vice: "Don't talk by tbe yard."

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Our Breakfast Table.

Mas. OOKTOKT—Landlady comely and dignified. JOHN DERBY—Lawyer, born in remembert everything occurring since '40. ROB MCEWA.N-A. canny Scot, now a drummer. JACK—Yoang America, familiar with "up-

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THE PBOFBSSOR—Knowsthousand."

Within, Mrs comfort's taste, old china and silver, relics of the old plantation that unfortunately lay in Sherman's track to the sea, make a picture of the table. A huge boquet enriched by the heavy odor of a spike of tuberoses marks the traveler's plate and the linen, snowy white and glass, crystal bright, a •—qiugv- washeswashee rubee-rubee. "Hallo, Derby!" cries the advancing Jack, '^'how in tho name of the great tyorn spoon can you get up so early, when you were out so late?" "JUate! you yeung libeller! I was in -one^ hour and forty minutes before I heard you say at the gate: "Ta-ta, Johnnie meet you to-morrow eve' at Phil's, to g9t even!" "That'lldo, John! Why don't you get onto this new harness. Remark this daisy coat—short enough to keep the tail from wrinkling—two pistol pockets in tbe pearl gray what-you-call-'ems, snd a receipt in the left-hand pocket, from Ford A Owens. What do yoa think "Think Why, I am lost in admiration for—the tailor's judgment of your credit." "Letup here's AuldReekie." "Well, Rob, how's traveling? how many barrels of whisky and sacks of coffee did yeu sell last week "I sold enough, but, man alive! those puir creaturesin Illinois for once need water more than whisky. Why, I had to pay a dollar for a barrel of water over in Matton, to take a baath in." "Hurrah! there comes the girl with 'such an education,'" as tbe lively click of two high-heeled slippers wss heard in the hall, and a whirlwind ef muslin, dancing bows and laces, aad a breeze of Frangipanni came in together. "Oh, you dear things: I'm so glad to see you! Jack you're looking splendidjust like one of the Malley boys I saw in New Haven and O! Mr. Derby, I met an old chum of yours, aud Mr. McEwan, I've got some Scotch views for you, or maybe they're Irish," and she drew a long breath and began over—"When I got Mad. Comfort's note I was so homesick I just Cried!" "Yes, we know it rained all day so you couldn't ride with the f'l'r from Baltimore." "Jack, you mean old thing! I went with him after supper, and rode with an Episcopal minister before breakfast. There now! But I'm so hungry for something good to eat and"— "Some gossip," said Jsck. pout and "Come, Professor, you, at least bare a little sense let's to breakfast. Hop Sing, you haven't forgotten what I like?" "No, MiasLawly Ibelpyovalle same as bye-li-bye," and Hop deftly cornered a dish with a golden brown flaky heap of Saratoga potatoes, for her, a platter of sliced cantelopes for Mrs. Welby, and a huge saucer of oat-meal porridge for McEwan, In three winks of an eye. In another fraction of time a glass of milk, with apiece of ice dyspeptically clinking In it, waa by Derby, aad before Jack was a dish be called omelette "sboo-fly."

It waa not till Mix* Laura was quiet long enough to bite Into her crispy favorites, thai you could see what tbe tittle fidget looked like. Here she Is. A mam

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Mas. WKI.BT—Widow, of means and self esteem. Mua LAURA BAKHR—Silver-miner's daughter—amiable, gushing and and "a little heathen." HOP SIXG—Walter, factotum and a treasure.

The dining-room "at Mrs. Comfort's presented on last Sunday morning, an unusually cozy aad animated scene, the boarders lingering at the table, until Mrs. C. was finklly compelled to drive them out.

Miss Laura Baker, the pet of ail, had returned, only the night before, from a long summer jaunt. Without her ceaseless rattle and unsubduable spirits, the house had seemed lonely and dull.

On this particular morning, that clever old bachelor, John Derby, was tbe first to enter the dining-room, in company with a fragrant whiff of coffee from the basement, the inspiring advance guard of delayed breakfast. Dropping into his particular chair, and putting upon another his feet, adorned with slippers, appropriately worked with owls' heads (so wise is be), he folded back the Express, to reveal the eloquent head-lines of the Washington Qewsj This same dining-room is a very delightful apartment—long, rather low, the windows reaching to the floor and opening upon a wide veranda, look out into the remaining inate#y of an old orchard, whe^e two gnarled apple-trees and a fea^aged plum-trees shake down blossons in the sprij»g*and shed untimely green fruit in the summer. Miss Launt's hammock swings between two ragged flms, and a battered croquet set elbows'^the venerable grape-arbor. Shady ana.cool it looks this dusty, hot morning.

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of light-brown hair, (sun-kissed, saya tbe professor,) hangs in lew, soft coils, pierced by pins with beetles on them the frightful bangs, rather becoming to her, shade very large gray eyes that havo the flattering trick of looking at you when you speak, as if devouring your words a delicate flush on the cheek, as to the nature of which opinions are divided not very small mouth, with even, white teeth a petite figure and a hand and arm well known to be perfect. She has on a new morning robe of soft, clinging material, with white and lilao stripes, trimmed with creamy laces and shaded blue ribbons, in profusion an pesthetlc gold cord around the waist, and a sun-flower three and a half indies in diameter, present altogether quite a "too-too" appearance. "Ohl" she suddenly cxclaimed, "I. hear the dear, darling Light Guards have disbanded! What a shame! Aren't you awfully sorry, Jack?" "Mo,I'm miserably glad—gettingtlred very muofi too much expensivo."

Practical Derby here remarks, "Yes, I believe some of the young men find it expensive to owe so much, and I should think that even tactics cannot bo cultivated on tick and no tax." "Well, it is too bad," continued Miss Laura "and then again it isn't, for so often the boys havo told me the reason thoy had missed a call, was that they had become so absorbed in poring over the North American and other Reviows as to forget everything else."

Jack said that it was very truo, having seen whole families of boys attacked just that way, ahd then not knowing where Derby might bre%k out next— "Never mind the L. G's: tell us where you've been, what you've seen and what kind of hats the y. m. are wearing." "I have had an ecstatic time—spent most of it, in a dear old farm houso with patches of red paint nearly worn off— ("like a dear old girl," murmured Jack) —and a spring house and an Indian name—("took it to pasture," guessed Jack)—Hush up—now listen—just imagine a cozy old house nestling at the foot of a high hill, covered with beash and plno trees, thick with wlntergreen. From the flat, wooden step at tho front door, where I sat of evenings—("What was tho f'l'rs name")—I looked across the garden^ with its rows of red and white currant tottShes, aeross a meadow, to the willows along tbe river bsnk. The river flowed by a green island with a deep, solemn murmur on tho right were fields of buckwheat, snowy white and fragraat, where the bees hummed all the day long, and away off a range of mountains looked like a faint blue bank of clouds. Across the river wore the white houses of the village and the little cemetery on tke hill, where I could see a flag staff over a famous soldier's grave. And, by the way, one dismally dark night, we were out riding, and came driving down this bill to the ferry the horse was skittish and slipped on the rolling stones—Oh! it was perfectly dreadful! Reaching the water, behold tho boat on the far side and the ferry man asleep In his little house under a big elm. Wo blew and blow the tin horn, and everytime it tooted, a million frogs set up a chorus but Jack is visibly sinking, so I'll stop. "Did you get across?" "I won't tell you, you rude follow"— Guess you put the horn out of tunelike to send it down to Kussner's, along with Doc Johnson's Eyetallan hand-or-gan. "Church to-day, Laura?" "No and you?" "Oh, I can't go till Mr. Sweeny comes back he has got some—some—— "Well, never mind, Mrs. Comfort wants us to go, and so I am going up stairs to read Ingersoll and Beecher and EdwftrdSt" "What, Jonathan Edwards?" "No, Amelia B. Ha! ha! good-bye and be a good boy." And singing, probably as a pious recreation, the last parody on "Sweet Bye and Bye," she skipped up stairs, leaving Mrs. Welby dismsyed and softly murmuring "A little heathen!"

DR.WAONEK says that habitual mouth breathers can at onoe be recognized, as the practice stamps itself indelibly on tbe physiognomy. The retracted lips, open mouth, receding gums, protruding teeth, diminished size of the orifices of tbe nostrils, tbe wrinkles on the outer angles of tbe eyes, %nd tbe lines extending from tbe wings of tbe nose to tbe mouth, give the persons addicted to this habit a silly and sometimes idiotic expression. Tbe nasal ducts, being vacated, like disused roads that grow up to grass and weeds, become tbe seat of polypus snd other diseases the sense of smell Is greatly weakened or altogether lost.

T«s Oratorio Society will resume its rehearsals on next Monday night, oosupyicg for tbe first time its new room In tbe Normal building which has been fitted up especially for tbe use of the society. The rebetasl will be devoted to the study of "Elijah," of which the secretary has received all the oopies required. All members will find it to their interest and pleasure to be present at this tbe first rebernd of the season.

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